A Heisenberg Double Addition to the Logarithmic Kazhdan–Lusztig Duality

For a Hopf algebra B, we endow the Heisenberg double \({\mathcal{H}(B^*)}\) with the structure of a module algebra over the Drinfeld double \({\mathcal{D}(B)}\). Based on this property, we propose that \({\mathcal{H}(B^*)}\) is to be the counterpart of the algebra of fields on the quantum-group side of the Kazhdan–Lusztig duality between logarithmic conformal field theories and quantum groups. As an example, we work out the case where B is the Taft Hopf algebra related to the \({\overline{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2)}\) quantum group that is Kazhdan–Lusztig-dual to (p,1) logarithmic conformal models. The corresponding pair \({(\mathcal{D}(B),\mathcal{H}(B^*))}\) is “truncated” to \({(\overline{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell2,\overline{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2))}\), where \({\overline{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2)}\) is a \({\overline{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2)}\) module algebra that turns out to have the form \({\overline{\mathcal{H}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2)=\mathbb{C}_{\mathfrak{q}}[z,\partial]\otimes\mathbb{C}[\lambda]/(\lambda^{2p}-1)}\), where \({\mathbb{C}_{\mathfrak{q}}[z,\partial]}\) is the \({\overline{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathfrak{q}} s\ell(2)}\)-module algebra with the relations z ^p  = 0, ? ^p  = 0, and \({\partial z = \mathfrak{q}-\mathfrak{q}^{-1} + \mathfrak{q}^{-2} z\partial}\).     

Asymptotic Behavior of the Selberg Zeta Functions for Degenerating Families of Hyperbolic Manifolds

Let {M _k } be a degenerating sequence of finite volume, hyperbolic manifolds of dimension d, with d = 2 or d = 3, with finite volume limit M _∞. Let \({Z_{M_{k}} (s)}\) be the associated sequence of Selberg zeta functions, and let \({{\mathcal{Z}}_{k} (s)}\) be the product of local factors in the Euler product expansion of \({Z_{M_{k}} (s)}\) corresponding to the pinching geodesics on M _k . The main result in this article is to prove that \({Z_{M_{k}} (s)/{\mathcal{Z}}_{k} (s)}\) converges to \({Z_{M_{\infty}} (s)}\) for all \({s \in \mathbf{C}}\)with Re(s) > (d ? 1)/2. The significant feature of our analysis is that the convergence of \({Z_{M_{k}} (s)/{\mathcal{Z}}_{k} (s)}\) to \({Z_{M_{\infty}} (s)}\) is obtained up to the critical line, including the right half of the critical strip, a region where the Euler product definition of the Selberg zeta function does not converge. In the case d = 2, our result reproves by different means the main theorem in Schulze (J Funct Anal 236:120–160, 2006).     

Entanglement Rates and the Stability of the Area Law for the Entanglement Entropy

We develop in this paper the principles of an associative algebraic approach to bulk logarithmic conformal field theories (LCFTs). We concentrate on the closed \({\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)}\) spin-chain and its continuum limit—the \({c=-2}\) symplectic fermions theory—and rely on two technical companion papers, Gainutdinov et al. (Nucl Phys B 871:245–288, 2013) and Gainutdinov et al. (Nucl Phys B 871:289–329, 2013). Our main result is that the algebra of local Hamiltonians, the Jones–Temperley–Lieb algebra JTL _N , goes over in the continuum limit to a bigger algebra than \({\boldsymbol{\mathcal{V}}}\), the product of the left and right Virasoro algebras. This algebra, \({\mathcal{S}}\)—which we call interchiral, mixes the left and right moving sectors, and is generated, in the symplectic fermions case, by the additional field \({S(z,\bar{z})\equiv S_{\alpha\beta} \psi^\alpha(z)\bar{\psi}^\beta(\bar{z})}\), with a symmetric form \({S_{\alpha\beta}}\) and conformal weights (1,1). We discuss in detail how the space of states of the LCFT (technically, a Krein space) decomposes onto representations of this algebra, and how this decomposition is related with properties of the finite spin-chain. We show that there is a complete correspondence between algebraic properties of finite periodic spin chains and the continuum limit. An important technical aspect of our analysis involves the fundamental new observation that the action of JTL _N in the \({\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)}\) spin chain is in fact isomorphic to an enveloping algebra of a certain Lie algebra, itself a non semi-simple version of \({\mathfrak{sp}_{N-2}}\). The semi-simple part of JTL _N is represented by \({U \mathfrak{sp}_{N-2}}\), providing a beautiful example of a classical Howe duality, for which we have a non semi-simple version in the full JTL _N image represented in the spin-chain. On the continuum side, simple modules over \({\mathcal{S}}\) are identified with “fundamental” representations of \({\mathfrak{sp}_\infty}\).     

Hypergeometric $${\tau}$$ -Functions,Hurwitz Numbers and Enumeration of Paths

A multiparametric family of 2D Toda \({\tau}\) -functions of hypergeometric type is shown to provide generating functions for composite, signed Hurwitz numbers that enumerate certain classes of branched coverings of the Riemann sphere and paths in the Cayley graph of S _n . The coefficients \({{F^{c_{1}, . . . , c_{l}}_{d_{1}, . . . , d_{m}}}(\mu, \nu)}\) in their series expansion over products \({P_{\mu}P^{'}_{\nu}}\) of power sum symmetric functions in the two sets of Toda flow parameters and powers of the l + m auxiliary parameters are shown to enumerate \({|\mu|=|\nu|=n}\) fold branched covers of the Riemann sphere with specified ramification profiles \({ \mu}\) and \({\nu}\) at a pair of points, and two sets of additional branch points, satisfying certain additional conditions on their ramification profile lengths. The first group consists of l branch points, with ramification profile lengths fixed to be the numbers \({(n-c_{1}, . . . , n-c_{l})}\) ; the second consists of m further groups of “coloured” branch points, of variable number, for which the sums of the complements of the ramification profile lengths within the groups are fixed to equal the numbers \({(d_{1}, . . . , d_{m})}\). The latter are counted with signs determined by the parity of the total number of such branch points. The coefficients \({{F^{c_{1}, . . . , c_{l}}_{d_{1}, . . . , d_{m}}}(\mu, \nu)}\) are also shown to enumerate paths in the Cayley graph of the symmetric group S _n generated by transpositions, starting, as in the usual double Hurwitz case, at an element in the conjugacy class of cycle type \({\mu}\) and ending in the class of type \({\nu}\), with the first l consecutive subsequences of \({(c_{1}, . . . , c_{l})}\) transpositions strictly monotonically increasing, and the subsequent subsequences of \({(d_{1}, . . . , d_{m})}\) transpositions weakly increasing.     

Quadratic Interaction Functional for General Systems of Conservation Laws

For the Glimm scheme approximation \({u_\varepsilon}\) to the solution of the system of conservation laws in one space dimension

$$u_t + f(u)_x = 0, \qquad u(0, x) = u_0(x) \in \mathbb{R}^n,$$

with initial data u ₀ with small total variation, we prove a quadratic (w.r.t. Tot. Var. (u ₀)) interaction estimate, which has been used in the literature for stability and convergence results. No assumptions on the structure of the flux f are made (apart from smoothness), and this estimate is the natural extension of the Glimm type interaction estimate for genuinely nonlinear systems.

More precisely, we obtain the following results:

• a new analysis of the interaction estimates of simple waves;
• a Lagrangian representation of the derivative of the solution, i.e., a map \({\mathtt{x}(t, w)}\) which follows the trajectory of each wave w from its creation to its cancellation;
• the introduction of the characteristic interval and partition for couples of waves, representing the common history of the two waves;
• a new functional \({\mathfrak{Q}}\) controlling the variation in speed of the waves w.r.t. time.

This last functional is the natural extension of the Glimm functional for genuinely nonlinear systems.

The main result is that the distribution \({D_{t} \hat \sigma_k(t,w)}\) is a measure with total mass \({\leq \mathcal{O}(1) {\rm Tot. Var.} (u_0)^2}\) , where \({\hat{\sigma}_k(t, w)}\) is the speed given to the wave w by the Riemann problem at the grid point \({(i\varepsilon, \mathtt{x}(i\varepsilon, w)), t \in [i\varepsilon, (i + 1)\varepsilon)}\).     

The Structure of the Kac–Wang–Yan Algebra

The Lie algebra \({\mathcal{D}}\) of regular differential operators on the circle has a universal central extension \({\hat{\mathcal{D}}}\). The invariant subalgebra \({\hat{\mathcal{D}}^+}\) under an involution preserving the principal gradation was introduced by Kac, Wang, and Yan. The vacuum \({\hat{\mathcal{D}}^+}\)-module with central charge \({c \in \mathbb{C}}\), and its irreducible quotient \({\mathcal{V}_c}\), possess vertex algebra structures, and \({\mathcal{V}_c}\) has a nontrivial structure if and only if \({c \in \frac{1}{2}\mathbb{Z}}\). We show that for each integer \({n > 0}\), \({\mathcal{V}_{n/2}}\) and \({\mathcal{V}_{-n}}\) are \({\mathcal{W}}\)-algebras of types \({\mathcal{W}(2, 4,\dots,2n)}\) and \({\mathcal{W}(2, 4,\dots, 2n^2 + 4n)}\), respectively. These results are formal consequences of Weyl’s first and second fundamental theorems of invariant theory for the orthogonal group \({{\rm O}(n)}\) and the symplectic group \({{\rm Sp}(2n)}\), respectively. Based on Sergeev’s theorems on the invariant theory of \({{\rm Osp}(1, 2n)}\) we conjecture that \({\mathcal{V}_{-n+1/2}}\) is of type \({\mathcal{W}(2, 4,\dots, 4n^2 + 8n + 2)}\), and we prove this for \({n = 1}\). As an application, we show that invariant subalgebras of \({\beta\gamma}\)-systems and free fermion algebras under arbitrary reductive group actions are strongly finitely generated.     

Time Delay for the Dirac Equation

We consider time delay for the Dirac equation. A new method to calculate the asymptotics of the expectation values of the operator \({\int\limits_{0} ^{\infty}{\rm e}^{iH_{0}t}\zeta(\frac{\vert x\vert }{R}) {\rm e}^{-iH_{0}t}{\rm d}t}\), as \({R \rightarrow \infty}\), is presented. Here, H₀ is the free Dirac operator and \({\zeta\left(t\right)}\) is such that \({\zeta\left(t\right) = 1}\) for \({0 \leq t \leq 1}\) and \({\zeta\left(t\right) = 0}\) for \({t > 1}\). This approach allows us to obtain the time delay operator \({\delta \mathcal{T}\left(f\right)}\) for initial states f in \({\mathcal{H} _{2}^{3/2+\varepsilon}(\mathbb{R}^{3};\mathbb{C}^{4})}\), \({\varepsilon > 0}\), the Sobolev space of order \({3/2+\varepsilon}\) and weight 2. The relation between the time delay operator \({\delta\mathcal{T}\left(f\right)}\) and the Eisenbud–Wigner time delay operator is given. In addition, the relation between the averaged time delay and the spectral shift function is presented.     

Positive Casimir and Central Characters of Split Real Quantum Groups

We consider the one parameter family \({\alpha \mapsto T_{\alpha}}\) (\({\alpha \in [0,1)}\)) of Pomeau-Manneville type interval maps \({T_{\alpha}(x) = x(1+2^{\alpha} x^{\alpha})}\) for \({x \in [0,1/2)}\) and \({T_{\alpha}(x)=2x-1}\) for \({x \in [1/2, 1]}\), with the associated absolutely continuous invariant probability measure \({\mu_{\alpha}}\). For \({\alpha \in (0,1)}\), Sarig and Gouëzel proved that the system mixes only polynomially with rate \({n^{1-1/{\alpha}}}\) (in particular, there is no spectral gap). We show that for any \({\psi \in L^{q}}\), the map \({\alpha \to \int_0^{1} \psi\, d \mu_{\alpha}}\) is differentiable on \({[0,1-1/q)}\), and we give a (linear response) formula for the value of the derivative. This is the first time that a linear response formula for the SRB measure is obtained in the setting of slowly mixing dynamics. Our argument shows how cone techniques can be used in this context. For \({\alpha \ge 1/2}\) we need the \({n^{-1/{\alpha}}}\) decorrelation obtained by Gouëzel under additional conditions.     

The Feynman Propagator on Perturbations of Minkowski Space

The singular values squared of the random matrix product \({Y = {G_{r} G_{r-1}} \ldots G_{1} (G_{0} + A)}\), where each \({G_{j}}\) is a rectangular standard complex Gaussian matrix while A is non-random, are shown to be a determinantal point process with the correlation kernel given by a double contour integral. When all but finitely many eigenvalues of A*A are equal to bN, the kernel is shown to admit a well-defined hard edge scaling, in which case a critical value is established and a phase transition phenomenon is observed. More specifically, the limiting kernel in the subcritical regime of \({0 < b < 1}\) is independent of b, and is in fact the same as that known for the case b =  0 due to Kuijlaars and Zhang. The critical regime of b =  1 allows for a double scaling limit by choosing \({{b = (1 - \tau/\sqrt{N})^{-1}}}\), and for this the critical kernel and outlier phenomenon are established. In the simplest case r =  0, which is closely related to non-intersecting squared Bessel paths, a distribution corresponding to the finite shifted mean LUE is proven to be the scaling limit in the supercritical regime of \({b > 1}\) with two distinct scaling rates. Similar results also hold true for the random matrix product \({T_{r} T_{r-1} \ldots T_{1} (G_{0} + A)}\), with each \({T_{j}}\) being a truncated unitary matrix.     

Non-Negative Integral Level Affine Lie Algebra Tensor Categories and Their Associativity Isomorphisms

For a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra \({\mathfrak{g}}\), we use the vertex tensor category theory of Huang and Lepowsky to identify the category of standard modules for the affine Lie algebra \({{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}}\) at a fixed level \({\ell\in\mathbb{N}}\) with a certain tensor category of finite-dimensional \({\mathfrak{g}}\)-modules. More precisely, the category of level ? standard \({{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}}\)-modules is the module category for the simple vertex operator algebra \({L_{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}(\ell, 0)}\), and as is well known, this category is equivalent as an abelian category to \({\mathbf{D}(\mathfrak{g},\ell)}\), the category of finite-dimensional modules for the Zhu’s algebra \({A{(L_{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}(\ell, 0))}}\), which is a quotient of \({U(\mathfrak{g})}\). Our main result is a direct construction using Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations of the associativity isomorphisms in \({\mathbf{D}(\mathfrak{g},\ell)}\) induced from the associativity isomorphisms constructed by Huang and Lepowsky in \({{L_{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}(\ell, 0) - \mathbf{mod}}}\). This construction shows that \({\mathbf{D}(\mathfrak{g},\ell)}\) is closely related to the Drinfeld category of \({U(\mathfrak{g})}\)[[h]]-modules used by Kazhdan and Lusztig to identify categories of \({{\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}}}\)-modules at irrational and most negative rational levels with categories of quantum group modules.     

The Navier-Stokes Equations in the Critical Lebesgue Space

We study regularity criteria for the d-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. We prove in this paper that if \({u \in L_\infty^tL_{d}^x((0,T)\times \mathbb{R}^d)}\) is a Leray-Hopf weak solution, then u is smooth and unique in \({(0, T)\times \mathbb{R}^d}\) . This generalizes a result by Escauriaza, Seregin and ?verák [5]. Additionally, we show that if T = ∞ then u goes to zero as t goes to infinity.     

Pentagon Equation Arising from State Equations of a C*-Bialgebra

The direct sum \({{\mathcal O}_{*}}\) of all Cuntz algebras has a non-cocommutative comultiplication \({\Delta_{\varphi}}\) such that there exists no antipode of any dense subbialgebra of the C*-bialgebra \({({\mathcal O}_{*},\Delta_{\varphi})}\). From states equations of \({{\mathcal O}_{*}}\) with respect to the tensor product, we construct an operator W for \({({\mathcal O}_{*},\Delta_{\varphi})}\) such that W* is an isometry, \({W(x\otimes I)W^{*}=\Delta_{\varphi}(x)}\) for each \({x\in {\mathcal O}_{*}}\) and W satisfies the pentagon equation.     

Heuristic Relative Entropy Principles with Complex Measures: Large-Degree Asymptotics of a Family of Multi-variate Normal Random Polynomials

Let \(z\in \mathbb {C}\), let \(\sigma ^2>0\) be a variance, and for \(N\in \mathbb {N}\) define the integrals

$$\begin{aligned} E_N^{}(z;\sigma ) := \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\frac{1}{\sigma }} \!\!\!\displaystyle \int _{\mathbb {R}}\! (x^2+z^2) \frac{e^{-\frac{1}{2\sigma ^2} x^2}}{\sqrt{2\pi }}dx&{}\quad \text{ if }\, N=1,\\ {\frac{1}{\sigma }} \!\!\!\displaystyle \int _{\mathbb {R}^N}\! \prod \prod \limits _{1\le k<l\le N}\!\! e^{-\frac{1}{2N}(1-\sigma ^{-2}) (x_k-x_l)^2} \prod _{1\le n\le N}\!\!\!\!(x_n^2+z^2) \frac{e^{-\frac{1}{2\sigma ^2} x_n^2}}{\sqrt{2\pi }}dx_n &{}\quad \text{ if }\, N>1. \end{array}\right. \!\!\! \end{aligned}$$

These are expected values of the polynomials \(P_N^{}(z)=\prod _{1\le n\le N}(X_n^2+z^2)\) whose 2N zeros \(\{\pm i X_k\}^{}_{k=1,\ldots ,N}\) are generated by N identically distributed multi-variate mean-zero normal random variables \(\{X_k\}^{N}_{k=1}\) with co-variance \(\mathrm{{Cov}}_N^{}(X_k,X_l)=(1+\frac{\sigma ^2-1}{N})\delta _{k,l}+\frac{\sigma ^2-1}{N}(1-\delta _{k,l})\). The \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) are polynomials in \(z^2\), explicitly computable for arbitrary N, yet a list of the first three \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) shows that the expressions become unwieldy already for moderate N—unless \(\sigma = 1\), in which case \(E_N^{}(z;1) = (1+z^2)^N\) for all \(z\in \mathbb {C}\) and \(N\in \mathbb {N}\). (Incidentally, commonly available computer algebra evaluates the integrals \(E_N^{}(z;\sigma )\) only for N up to a dozen, due to memory constraints). Asymptotic evaluations are needed for the large-N regime. For general complex z these have traditionally been limited to analytic expansion techniques; several rigorous results are proved for complex z near 0. Yet if \(z\in \mathbb {R}\) one can also compute this “infinite-degree” limit with the help of the familiar relative entropy principle for probability measures; a rigorous proof of this fact is supplied. Computer algebra-generated evidence is presented in support of a conjecture that a generalization of the relative entropy principle to signed or complex measures governs the \(N\rightarrow \infty \) asymptotics of the regime \(iz\in \mathbb {R}\). Potential generalizations, in particular to point vortex ensembles and the prescribed Gauss curvature problem, and to random matrix ensembles, are emphasized.

     

A Remark on CFT Realization of Quantum Doubles of Subfactors: Case Index { < 4}

It is well known that the quantum double \({D(N\subset M)}\) of a finite depth subfactor \({N\subset M}\), or equivalently the Drinfeld center of the even part fusion category, is a unitary modular tensor category. It is big open conjecture that all (unitary) modular tensor categories arise from conformal field theory. We show that for every subfactor \({N\subset M}\) with index \({[M:N] < 4}\) the quantum double \({D(N\subset M)}\) is realized as the representation category of a completely rational conformal net. In particular, the quantum double of \({E_6}\) can be realized as a \({\mathbb{Z}_2}\)-simple current extension of \({{{\rm SU}(2)}_{10}\times {{\rm Spin}(11)}_1}\) and thus is not exotic in any sense. As a byproduct, we obtain a vertex operator algebra for every such subfactor. We obtain the result by showing that if a subfactor \({N\subset M }\) arises from \({\alpha}\)-induction of completely rational nets \({\mathcal{A}\subset \mathcal{B}}\) and there is a net \({\tilde{\mathcal{A}}}\) with the opposite braiding, then the quantum \({D(N\subset M)}\) is realized by completely rational net. We construct completely rational nets with the opposite braiding of \({{{\rm SU}(2)}_k}\) and use the well-known fact that all subfactors with index \({[M:N] < 4}\) arise by \({\alpha}\)-induction from \({{{\rm SU}(2)}_k}\).     

Inverse Scattering at Fixed Energy on Surfaces with Euclidean Ends

On a fixed Riemann surface (M ₀, g ₀) with N Euclidean ends and genus g, we show that, under a topological condition, the scattering matrix S _V (λ) at frequency λ > 0 for the operator Δ+V determines the potential V if \({V\in C^{1,\alpha}(M_0)\cap e^{-\gamma d(\cdot,z_0)^j}L^\infty(M_0)}\) for all γ > 0 and for some \({j\in\{1,2\}}\) , where d(z, z ₀) denotes the distance from z to a fixed point \({z_0\in M_0}\) . The topological condition is given by \({N\geq \max(2g+1,2)}\) for j = 1 and by N ≥ g + 1 if j = 2. In \({\mathbb {R}^2}\) this implies that the operator S _V (λ) determines any C ^{1, α} potential V such that \({V(z)=O(e^{-\gamma|z|^2})}\) for all γ > 0.     

Evaluation of spectral dispersion of optical constants of a-Se films from their normal-incidence transmittance spectra using Swanepoel algebraic envelope approach

Spectral dispersions of index of refraction \({n(\lambda )}\) and extinction coefficient \({\kappa (\lambda )}\) of undoped amorphous selenium (a-Se) films of three thicknesses (d?≈?0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 µm) were evaluated by analyzing experimental room-temperature normal-incidence transmittance-wavelength (\({{T_{{\text{exp}}}}(\lambda )} - \lambda\)) data (λ =?400–1100 µm) of their air-supported {a-Se film/thick glass slide}-stacks using Swanepoel’s transmission envelope theory of uniform films. Above a wavelength \({{\lambda _c}\,\, \approx \,\,640\;{\text{nm}}}\), as-measured \({{T_{{\text{exp}}}}(\lambda )}\,\, - \,\lambda\) spectra display well-resolved maxima and minima, with minor shrinkage in transparent and weak absorption regions (750–1100 nm). Below \({\lambda _{\text{c}}}\), a smeared sharp decline of \({{T_{{\text{exp}}}}(\lambda )}\) with decreasing λ, signifying strong absorption in a-Se films and existence of band-tail localized states. For λ > λ _c, the \({n\,(\lambda )}\, - \,\lambda\) data retrieved from algebraic envelope procedures followed a Sellmeier-like dispersion relation, with the best-fit values of high-frequency dielectric constant \({{\varepsilon _\infty }\, \approx \,\,{\text{4.9}}}\), static index of refraction \({{n_{\text{0}}} = n\left( {E\, \to \,{\text{0}}} \right)\,\, \approx \,\,{\text{2.43}}}\), and resonance wavelength \({{\lambda _0}\, \approx \,490\,\,{\text{nm}}}\), which may be assigned to onset of photogeneration in a-Se. Urbach-like dependency of absorption coefficient \({\alpha (h{{\nu }})}\) of a-Se films on photon energy \({h{{\nu }}}\) was realized with an Urbach-tail breadth of 85 meV. All achieved optical parameters were found to be slightly dependent on film thickness. Findings of present algebraic analysis are consistent with reported literature results obtained on the basis of other optical analytical approaches.     

Braidings of Tensor Spaces

Let V be a braided vector space, i.e., a vector space together with a solution \({\hat{R}\in {{End}}(V\otimes V)}\) of the Yang–Baxter equation. Denote \({T(V):=\bigoplus_k V^{\otimes k}}\) . We associate to \({\hat{R}}\) a one-parameter family of solutions \({T(\hat{R})\in {\rm End}(T(V)\otimes T(V))}\) of the Yang–Baxter equation on the tensor space T (V). Main ingredients of the solution are braid analogues of the binomial coefficients and of the Pochhammer symbols. The association \({\hat{R}\rightsquigarrow T(\hat{R})}\) is functorial with respect to V.     

Fluctuations for the Ginzburg-Landau $${\nabla \phi}$$ Interface Model on a Bounded Domain

We study the massless field on \({D_n = D \cap \tfrac{1}{n} \mathbf{Z}^2}\), where \({D \subseteq \mathbf{R}^2}\) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, with Hamiltonian \({\mathcal {H}(h) = \sum_{x \sim y} \mathcal {V}(h(x) - h(y))}\). The interaction \({\mathcal {V}}\) is assumed to be symmetric and uniformly convex. This is a general model for a (2 + 1)-dimensional effective interface where h represents the height. We take our boundary conditions to be a continuous perturbation of a macroscopic tilt: h(x) = n x · u + f(x) for \({x \in \partial D_n,\,u \in \mathbf{R}^2}\), and f : R ² → R continuous. We prove that the fluctuations of linear functionals of h(x) about the tilt converge in the limit to a Gaussian free field on D, the standard Gaussian with respect to the weighted Dirichlet inner product \({(f,g)_\nabla^\beta = \int_D \sum_i \beta_i \partial_i f_i \partial_i g_i}\) for some explicit β = β(u). In a subsequent article, we will employ the tools developed here to resolve a conjecture of Sheffield that the zero contour lines of h are asymptotically described by SLE(4), a conformally invariant random curve.     

Unique Continuation for Many-Body Schrödinger Operators and the Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem

We prove the strong unique continuation property for many-body Schrödinger operators with an external potential and an interaction potential both in \(L^{p}_{\text {loc}}(\mathbb {R}^{d})\), where p >?2 if d =?3 and \({p = \max (2d/3,2)}\) otherwise, independently of the number of particles. With the same assumptions, we obtain the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem, which is one of the most fundamental results in Density Functional Theory.